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As a featured speller in the 2002 Academy Award-nominated documentary Spellbound, Harry Altman became somewhat of a comic darling by merit of his animated charm and his tendency to act as if he were in desperate need of ADHD medication. Lovable Altman made it to the finals of the 1999 National Spelling Bee only to be defeated by the deceptively simple word “banns.”*
*\bannz\ noun, notice of a proposed marriage proclaimed in a church or other place prescribed by law in order that any person may object if he knows any impediment to the marriage